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Nick Cave, singer and writer

2025/2/23
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@Nick Cave : 我不预先构思歌曲,而是让歌曲自己显现。创作过程充满挣扎,但最终会有一些珍贵的瞬间浮现出来。我通过设定严格的创作时间和流程来提升创作效率,这反而给了我的想象力更大的自由。马克·博兰是一位被低估的伟大作词家,他创造了自己的语言风格。我的童年经历塑造了我勇敢无畏的性格。父亲是一位严厉却富有启发性的老师,他引导我接触更具挑战性的文学作品,并让我明白艺术应该具有挑战性,能够引发人们思考和情感共鸣。母亲的爱是无条件的,这给了我面对世界挑战的勇气和信心。 在父亲去世后,我未能很好地处理自己的悲伤情绪,并因此感到后悔。母亲以坚强隐忍的方式面对父亲去世的悲痛。 我青少年时期叛逆的行为源于对学校规则和权威的反抗。我从他人对我的轻蔑中获得能量,并以此来对抗社会规范。父亲从小就教育我成为一个社会批判者。 长期吸食海洛因严重影响了我的生活和创作,戒毒后我的生活才焕然一新。我最终戒毒成功是因为得到了妻子的支持和自身的觉悟。戒毒后,我重新感受到了爱、美和心碎等各种情感。 儿子Arthur去世后,我的记忆和时间感发生了改变,这对我的人生观产生了深远的影响。通过Red Hand Files平台,我希望能够帮助人们走出悲伤,并意识到悲伤之外的世界依然存在。我认为希望是带着破碎的心去面对乐观,而快乐也包含着痛苦的成分。在经历丧子之痛后,我选择公开表达自己的悲伤,并与他人分享经验。通过与他人的悲伤经验的分享,我找到了新的意义和方向。 Bob Dylan 和 Johnny Cash 的歌曲《Girl From The North Country》让我在童年时期就感受到了音乐的魅力和力量。经历丧子之痛后,我对艺术的看法发生了改变,我更加重视家庭和社会责任。我如今最大的快乐来自于我的家庭和工作。Kanye West 的歌曲《I Am A God》是一首充满活力和深度的歌曲,它成为了我们家庭的共同喜爱。我在疫情期间开始制作陶瓷雕塑,这成为一种具有精神意义的活动。参加教堂活动能够帮助我表达内心的渴望和悲伤。Tim Rose 的歌曲《Morning Dew》是一首具有天才歌词和震撼人心的演绎的歌曲。《木偶奇遇记》是一本适合各个年龄段阅读的经典作品,它能够引发人们对人生的思考。 @Lauren Laverne : 引导访谈,提出问题,并对Nick Cave的回答进行回应和总结。

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Nick Cave's childhood in Wangaratta, Australia, is described as idyllic and free-range. His rebellious teens led to boarding school and his early musical career with The Boys Next Door. The chapter traces the development of his musical interests and his move to London.
  • Idyllic childhood in Wangaratta, Australia
  • Rebellious teens
  • Formation of The Boys Next Door
  • Move to London
  • Early gigs described as riotous

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Nick Cave is a singer and writer who, with his band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, has released emotionally intense and provocative music since the mid-Eighties. He is also a novelist, composer and has written film scripts and soundtracks along with his writing partner and Bad Seed Warren Ellis.

Nick grew up in Wangaratta, Australia the third of four children. He formed his first band, the Boys Next Door, in 1973 while he was at school. He studied fine art at the Caulfield Institute of Technology in Melbourne but left to pursue music. In 1980 the band relocated to London, renaming themselves the Birthday Party on the flight over. In 1984 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ released their debut album, From Her to Eternity, and they have gone on to put out a further 17 albums. In 2015 Nick lost his son Arthur who died after accidentally falling off a cliff and seven years later his eldest son Jethro died. In 2018 Nick started the Red Hand Files, an online blog in which he answers questions posed by his fans, to try and articulate his feelings about grief. He has described it as a “strange exercise in communal vulnerability and transparency.”

In 2017 he was named an Officer of the Order of Australia.

DISC ONE: Metal Guru - T. Rex DISC TWO: My Father - Nina Simone DISC THREE: (I’m) Stranded - The Saints DISC FOUR: It Serves You Right to Suffer - John Lee Hooker DISC FIVE: Something on Your Mind - Karen Dalton DISC SIX: Girl from the North Country - Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash West DISC SEVEN: I Am a God – Kanye West DISC EIGHT: Morning Dew - Tim Rose

BOOK CHOICE: The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi LUXURY ITEM: A suit CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: I Am a God – Kanye West

Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Paula McGinley